English Online Dictionary. What means floating? What does floating mean?
English
Etymology
By surface analysis, float + -ing.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfloʊtɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfləʊtɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -əʊtɪŋ
Adjective
floating (not comparable)
- That floats or float.
- floating buoys
- Not fixed in position, opinion etc.; free to move or drift.
- (linguistics, of a tone) that is not attached to any consonant or vowel within its morpheme.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
floating
- present participle and gerund of float
Noun
floating (plural floatings)
- The motion of something that floats.
- (in the plural) Material that floats in a liquid.
- The spreading of plaster on the surface of walls.
- (veterinary medicine) A veterinary dental procedure involving the filing down of sharp surfaces on a horse's teeth.
Anagrams
- antigolf